The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

1949 · 90 min · EN · NR · 7.1 (39 votes)
Dir. David Lean · Starring Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean, Wilfrid Hyde-White · Music Richard Addinsell

Their affair took on a life of its own.

DramaRomance

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.

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A heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love and difficult choices. It's a sweeping, romantic drama that will leave you contemplating the paths not taken and the enduring power of deep affection.

melancholicromanticyearningdramaticslow-burnclassic Hollywood dramasweeping romancemelodramaticlove trianglesacrificeregretfidelity
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